condadovsconvidadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: condado is a noun, convidado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“condado” is a noun and “convidado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,591
“condado” frequency rank
#2,935
“convidado” frequency rank
11526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature condado convidado
Definition dignidade de conde particípio do verbo convidar

Letter map: condado vs convidado

Shared letters muted; letters that set condado and convidado apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. condado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against convidado's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
condado
9 ch
convidado

Part-of-speech tell for condado / convidado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: condado is anoun and convidadoaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

condado is recorded at frequency rank #8,591, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈda.du/. convidado is at rank #2,935, tagged as averb.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 11526, this pair ranks #61,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of condado vs convidado

Shared letters: acdno. Private to "condado": -. Private to "convidado": iv.

"condado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "convidado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • condado ← ccondado · cnodado · codnado · conaddo · condaddo · condaod · conddado · conddao
  • convidado ← cconvidado · cnovidado · conivdado · connvidado · convdiado · conviaddo · convidaddo · convidaod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "condado" for "convidado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "condado" is a noun and "convidado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "condado" or "convidado"?
"convidado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,935 in our Portuguese list, against #8,591 for "condado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "condado" vs "convidado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "condado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "convidado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "condado" and "convidado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "condado vs conduto". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #61,306 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list